Who else besides me…can’t get this goddamn song out of your head?
Lemmee tell you a story, I’m 32 years old, I’ve fought within a war, had a daughter die in my arms…had both of my grand-parents whisper their last words to me, been on the wrong end of a knife fight, and the only end of a divorce. I miss my daughter…God do I.
Well, that’s the long and short of it…Somehow that tune from O Brother Where Art Thou helps…I guess it makes me feel like I’m not alone. If I could sing worth a lick, I’d be belting " I am a man of constant sorrow!" with a smile.
Smile All.
Expanding on the subject…what songs have an incredible effect on you? For me, there are a few…SRV solos kill me, the whole ‘Do you feel’ by Frampton leaves me with a lump in my throat…I love the feeling some artist play by(or with) what moves you?
-Kaotic
He’s In The Jailhouse Now that I keep singing. It has the distinction of being the only song actually recorded by one of the three main characters in the film.
Sorry, but the one I can’t stand from OBWAT?, is Oh, Death. That one just drives me up the friggin’ wall.
Jesus, what a whine!
There’s a world of difference between bluegrass and country. (At least what passes for country these days – back when “country” included Hank Williams things were different.) The liner notes for the soundtrack mention how country radio stations were deluged with requests for “Constant Sorrow”, but they wouldn’t play it because it didn’t fit their mold.
It’s that damned way that Bluegrass uses real-life situations, and not the pretty ones, as its themes. Then it gets sung by someone who you know from his voice has seen troubles. Real Bluegrass and real Blues work that way.
Haven’t seen the movie yet, but I often have the Carolyn Hester (still going at it and still FINE!) rendition stuck in my head.
I’d agree with that pharoah…I’m not much of a fan of Country music…but g’damn if the “soggy bottom boys” don’t make me feel like changing over…the soul and feeling they thrown into a song is incredible…I can’t get over it. (yet)
ummm, “Big Rock Candy Mountain” is my wake-up song each and every day for the past 4 months. Every mourning at 7am my computer plays it real loud and I get up. It’s a good wake up song.
But the whole movie is just filled with awesome music that just touches you. It all just worked so well it’s in my heart and in my soul.
The whole soundtrack from OBWAT seems to “grab” almost everyone who listens to it. Fantastic! I took the CD to work to play for a few co-workers during lunch. Didn’t get much done the rest of the afternoon, with people wandering by wanting to hear one song or the other: “Just once more”.
For a version of “Man of Constant Sorrow” that’s great in it’s own right, but very different, Peter, Paul and Mary did it on a 1962 album titled: “Peter, Paul and Mary”. The song title is simply: “Sorrow” on the album.
It seems I’m humming one of ANY of the songs on that soundtrack. I’ll Fly Away is probably the most frequent. When I watched the movie and I heard Big Rock Candy Mountain, I burst into tears (we had to rewind and start over). My dad used to sing that song to me when I was a kid. My dad was always singing songs from the depression era and I told myself many times that I would record him but, he died before I got around to it. Needless to say, I purchased the soundtrack!
